The New York City Campaign Finance Board withheld the funds after concluding that former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo most likely coordinated ad language with a super PAC. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and ...

I've covered elections in this state for 25 years, including the years since 2018, when voters here changed election laws to allow Michiganders to vote absentee without justification, and required ...

Developments in recent decades reflect diminished respect for the First Amendment. These include campus speech codes, political pressure for censorship on social media platforms, and a society-wide ...

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Trump is just a puppet whose strings are pulled by his owners — the oligarchs behind Project 2025. We can’t solve the problem until we clearly define it. Trump is not the problem. Both major ...

House Republicans say Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson avoided consequences for violating Michigan’s campaign finance law earlier this year due to a loophole. Now, they’re looking to close that gap ...

If Gov. Robert Bentley's impeachment goes to the Alabama House, two lawmakers could find themselves in a pickle. Rep. Terri Collins (left) and Rep. Laura Hall (right) both accepted money outside the ...

Do reporters care about the politician, or furthering their narratives? It is worth asking whether the media have spun two narratives around the 2008 presidential candidacy of John Edwards. The first, ...

Even if the state wanted to bring charges against federally indicted-Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba for failing to submit several campaign finance reports, it likely wouldn’t due to ...